JP: Ford Explorers

There were two types of vehicles used on Isla Nublar. Jeeps and Explorers. 1993 Ford Explorer XLTs were guided by a track in the ground. Their purpose was to drive visitors into enclosures to encounter the dinosaurs in complete safety.

^ At the Visitor Center.

^ Production still.

^ Leaving the Visitor Center.

^ The interactive CD-ROM.

^ Waiting for T-Rex to find lunch.

^ Production still.

^ Photograph from behind the scenes of Jurassic Park. Photo shows both the Jeeps and the Explorers used in the filming. The tailgates are open on the Explorers as that is where the driver sat, giving the illusion that the cars were driverless.

Features

Each Tour Vehicle possessed a interactive CD-ROM. They had leather interiors, night-vision goggles under the seats, and a drinking tap that supplied visitors with water. Road flares, flashlights and brochures were stored in the trunk. It is not clean where the Explorers derived their power from although it can be presumed that they ran on internal car batteries, See when the T. Rex pushed EXP 04 off the track, the headlights and high beams continued to work as well as the fact that Arnold complains that the headlights should be not running off the car's batteries. The top speed of the vehicles were 20/12 mph, which wasn't very fast.

Behind the Scenes

^ Above photograph goes into detail about how the driverless illusion was achieved.

Making your own Jurassic Park Explorer

^ Why not make your own?

Link : Man Converts Car to Jurassic Park Explorer
Link : How To Build A Painstakingly Perfect Jurassic Park Ford Explorer

High Res Logos

^ Full Resolution Explorer Logos. Help yourself. It may take some time to download though.

Concept Art

^ Late concept art of the Explorers. Note the lettering on the windows.

^ Early concept art of the Land Cruisers, as used in the novels.

^ Early concept art of the T-Rex attack scene.